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Re:Bitcoin core developer claims to have lost 200 BTC in hack by api on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:28AM (#34218188)
What evidence do we have that this kind of abuse of power would be impossible in crypto world?

It would only be possible if everyone used anonymous coins like Zcash and Monero from their own wallets. Any use of exchanges or secondary networks like lightning provides levers to turn people off. Any corporation can be subjected to pressure by not just governments but large groups of people.

I don’t see people like the trucker protestors using cryptographic hardware wallets and waiting minutes for transactions to clear on a block chain.

BTW the trucker thing was a line for many people including myself, and I wasn’t anti-vax and did not vote for Trump. Freezing the assets of people for participating in a protest is not okay. The content of the protest is irrelevant.

Re:Bitcoin core developer claims to have lost 200 BTC in hack by plsbenice34 on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:46AM (#34218381)
We can use Monero with our own wallets right now and will continue to do so, nobody can stop that. How is that not evidence? Transactions are occurring right now. It doesnt have to be "everyone" doing it
Re:Bitcoin core developer claims to have lost 200 BTC in hack by dariusj18 on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:38AM (#34219014)
I imagine due to the transparency that is blockchain, you could create a regulatory system that refused payments from certain wallets as well. ex. This person sent $100 to BLM, make sure not to sell to him Nike.
Re:Bitcoin core developer claims to have lost 200 BTC in hack by rco8786 on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:08PM (#34221328)